Crime Rates at Melrose Street, Hartlepool, TS25 5LJ

Melrose Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melrose Street (TS25 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Street (TS25 5LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charterhouse Street, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jackson Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.